Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

